Andrew Leigh MP: Speeches & Conversations

On 14 April 2016, I spoke at the Australian National University's inaugural National Law Reform Conference, offering five suggestions for academics who are keen to have their ideas taken up by policymakers.

On 18 November 2015, I spoke to the Corporate Tax and Transfer Pricing Summit in Sydney on the topic "The future of Australia's tax system: opportunity, growth and integrity". The full text of the speech is available here.

On 16 November 2015, I presented the Melville Lecture at the Australian National University, on the topic "Robots, Remuneration and Restructuring: How Do Technology and

Inequality Shape One Another, and What Should We Do About It?". The full text of the talk is available here.

On 27 October 2015, I gave a talk at Northwestern University in Chicago on the topic "Humans Need Not Apply: Will the Robot Economy Pit

Entrepreneurship Against Equality?". The full text is available here. 

On 2 September 2015, I launched my new book, The Luck of Politics, at the Australian National University.

my new book, The Luck of Politics.

On 31 August 2015, I joined writer David Marr for a conversation about my new book, The Luck of Politics. The conversation took place in MacLaurin Hall, at the University of Sydney.

On 16 August 2015, I spoke with ABC Radio National's Sunday Profile program, hosted by Richard Aedy. We discussed my grandparents, growing up in Indonesia, and why inequality matters.

On 15 April 2015, I spoke to the National Youth Conference on the question of whether young people today are more prone to anti-social behaviour than in the past. The text of the speech is here. This podcast is subsequently re-recorded.

On 24 March 2015, I addressed the National Press Club on the competition policy issues raised by sharing economy apps such as Uber and AirBNB. The text of the speech is here.